The UK government has formally abandoned its preference for a data mining exception to copyright, with opt-out option for rights holders.

Our latest round‑up also covers the DPMA reporting nearly 20% growth in trademark filings and new USPTO discretionary factors ...

South Korea's largest fashion marketplace has announced a crackdown on relabelled and deceptively described products.

UK perfumer Jo Malone sold the rights to her name to Estée Lauder in 1999 – now a recent collaboration with Zara is under scrutiny.

Brand owners are urged to include strong contractual restrictions with relevant stakeholders regarding the resale or ...

Although the foundations remain the same, recent cases and procedural shifts mean the UKIPO and EUIPO are increasingly ...

We present practical takeaways and discussion points from two recent WTR events, including the need to audit registered domains, how to avoid wasting enforcement dollars, using infographics to teach ...

Jellycat senior IP counsel Catrin Turner says tackling lookalikes demands a jurisdiction‑by‑jurisdiction strategy and intentionally varied IP rights, but cautions that evidence of consumer psychology ...

The responsibilities of in-house trademark practitioners have vastly expanded into brand protection, but budgets have stagnated, INTA’s 2025 presidential task force report has found. Counterfeiters ...

It’s a provocative idea in brand protection, but is the best recognition of a job well done no recognition at all?

Six bite-sized news updates from the week, also featuring Gucci, Piddle Patch, Prada, Siroflex, Sky News Australia and Suno.

WTR analysis finds that US district courts are increasingly confronting AI hallucinations in trademark proceedings, and judges are responding with a range of sanctions.